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IoT-enabled Smart Healthcare Systems, Services and Applications
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IoT-enabled Smart Healthcare Systems, Services and Applications

by Shalli Rani, Maheswar Rajagopal, Neeraj Kumar, Syed Hassan Ahmed Shah
January 2022
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
256 pages
7h 14m
English
Wiley
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8An IoMT ‐Based Smart Remote Monitoring System for Healthcare

Chetna Kaushal1, Md Khairul Islam2, Anshu Singla1, and Md Al Amin3

1 Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University, Punjab, India

2 Department of Information and Communication Technology, Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh

3 Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Prime University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

8.1 Introduction

Cancer is a disorder where the body's cells grow rapidly creating a malignant tumor; cancers are called after the body part where they begin or continue to spread to the nearest body part (e.g., lung cancer). Cancer found in the cervix tissue is generally known as cervical cancer. The cervix act as an interface between the uterus and vagina [1].

Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) is the unwanted growth of a woman's cervix. It makes the way to the cancer called cervical cancer, and this precancerous CIN can be divided into three grades (CIN‐I, ‐II, and ‐III).

At the early stage of cervical cancer, no symptoms are commonly detected. Later signs can include frequent menstrual bleeding, stomach discomfort, or pain during periods or after menopause or sexual activity [1]. After sexual intercourse, pain is not a symptom, but postcoital bleeding can be a symptom of cervical cancer about to happen or present [2].

The main cause of cervical cancer is Human Papillomavirus infection (HPV). About 90% or cervical cancer cases have been confirmed to have been infected ...

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